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No. 65/2013, Monday, June 17, 2013
THE
BENGALI settlers have cut down 150 fruit and rubber trees belonging to Jumma
people in Hafchari Union of Ramgarh, Khagrachari district, triggering fresh
tensions in the area.
According
to sources, the settlers on Sunday night (16 June) cut at least one hundred
rubber trees belonging to Kayoshing Marma, a physician, in Boiragi Para and
another 50 litchi trees belonging to Chaithoai Chowdhury in Chenguli Para
village.
Chaithoai
Chowdhury told chtnews that the settlers committed the crime under the cover of
darkness.
He
said he had informed the Ramgarh Thana and Ramgarh Upazila Nirbahi Officer
about the matter. However, no one has been arrested so far.
On
12 June, a Bengali settler stole bamboos from the garden of Aungsa Marma in
broad daylight in Pilabhanga village under the same Union, prompting the Jummas
to make a strong protest.
The
cutting down of trees on Sunday night is the latest example of the settlers’
anti-Jumma hatred in the CHT, a villager said.
The
Jumma villagers are angry over the incident and there are much resentment and
tensions among them, he added.
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